April 17, 2025 - PBS News Hour full episode

A shooter at Florida State University in Tallahassee killed two people and injured six more. According to officers, the suspect in custody is a 20-year-old FSU student and the son of a deputy sheriff. William Brangham reports.

President Trump took aim at Jerome Powell, calling interest rates cuts and saying the Fed Chair's termination “cannot come fast enough.” It comes as his administration's tariffs continue to cause global fallout. The International Monetary Fund warns it expects slower economic growth and higher inflation. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Austan Goolsbee of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

A federal appeals court offered a scathing rebuke of the Trump administration’s handling of the deportation of a Maryland resident to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen traveled to the CECOT prison to meet with government officials and push for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but he was denied access. The senator joined Amna Nawaz to discuss more.

In our news wrap Thursday, delegations from Ukraine and other European countries are trying to push the U.S. to take a tougher stance with Russia, Chinese President Xi said Cambodia should "resist protectionism" in an apparent slight against U.S. tariffs and a federal judge ruled Google held an illegal amount of influence over online advertising technology.

The lead Hamas negotiator for ceasefire talks offered to swap all hostages held in Gaza for an agreed-upon number of Palestinians jailed in Israel. The offer came after Hamas reportedly rejected the latest Israeli proposal. Meantime, airstrikes overnight killed at least 27 Palestinians as the lack of aid into Gaza threatens hundreds of thousands. Nick Schifrin reports.

Officers with the Department of Homeland Security recently attempted to enter elementary schools in Los Angeles but were not allowed in. Agents claim to have been conducting a welfare check, not an immigration enforcement action. School administrators say DHS lied about having permission from caregivers to speak to students. The agency denies that its officers lied. Laura Barrón-López reports.

In the up-and-down world of cryptocurrency, so-called meme coins are perhaps the most bewildering. The joke-inspired digital currency is all over the internet with new tokens popping up every day by the thousands. The value of some jumped thanks to viral trends or celebrity endorsements. But most never take off, crash or disappear. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.

For more than 50 years, architectural illustrator Frank Costantino has been bringing buildings to life with his meticulously hand-drawn project designs. A new exhibition of Costantino’s work is celebrated at one of Boston’s most storied institutions. Special correspondent Jared Bowen of GBH Boston takes a look for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.